FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME (FMS)
is one of the more controversial syndromes which concerns a false recollection of having been sexually or even physically abused…
FAMILIAL STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE
is one of the many tests which looks intelligence, where two people who are considered genetically related are then given…
FAMILY RESEMBLANCE
with respect to studies looking at categorisation, family resemblance is the tendency for children or members within a collective family…
FASCIOLUS GYRUS
is otherwise known as the gyrus fasciolaris and is part of the hippocampal formation which appears as a delicate band…
FATIGUE STUDIES
is an umbrella term which is used to describe any study or experiment which looks at the effects of fatigue…
FEASIBILITY STANDARDS
the criteria that is used to judge the practicality, feasibility and cost effectiveness of an enterprise or project that is…
FECHNER'S COLORS
These are the illusory sensations of colour that arise when a disc with black and white sectors is spun about…
FEE-FOR-SERVICE
This denotes the traditional method of payment for health care services, in which physicians or other providers set their own…
FEMALENESS
the quality of being female in the anatomical and physiological sense by virtue of possessing the female complement of a…
FIELD INDEPENDENCE
a cognitive style where the person relies on internal cues and will disregard deceptive cues from the external world. Compare…
FIGURATIVE KNOWLEDGE
the knowledge we acquire by remembering specific features, facts, words, recall dates, impressions, shapes and colours. Compare operative knowledge.
FILL-IN QUESTIONS
method used to test students where they need to fill in the missing words or phrases in sentences relating to…
FIXED-EFFECTS MODEL
the statistical model where the statistical parameters that index the effectiveness of treatments are treated as fixed parameters and not…